MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #55
APRIL 16, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Monster swirl with lutz and mica in a red base.  Very unusual marble from Ray signed with signature cane.

Size 2" Mint +9.8
Value $40-80 Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 2
Misc.-Foreign Sparkler

Great looking foreign Sparkler showing red, yellow and white in a clear base.  Marble shows a small tick.

Size 3/4" Nearmint +8.9
Value $15-30mOpen at 7  SOLD $7

Lot 3
Akro Agate Company-Limeade

Very nice little Limeade swirl from AA.  Typical pattern with nice bright coloring.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.9
Value $20-40 Open at 10  NO SALE

Lot 4
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous swirl from Steve showing yellow bands with loads of aventurine and nice lutz swirls.  Very glittery marble signed "Steve Davis"

Size 1 9/16" Mint +9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 5
German Handmade-Non Glass (Shipwreck)

Wonderful set of four non-glass marbles recovered from the "Marble Wreck" off the East Coast.  Two Bennie's, a China and a stone marble with conglomerates still attached.  Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.

Size 9/16" - 11/16"  As Found
Value $30-60 Open at 15  NO SALE

Lot 6
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

Wonderful and huge rainbo from Peltier Glass.  marble shows red with bleeds on a white base and is in a great size.

Size 31/32" Nearmint +8.9
Value $10-20 Open at 5  SOLD $5

Lot 7
Contemporary Handmade-Irene Russman

Wonderful Mosaic piece from Irene.  Great coloring and fun pattern on a marble signed with an "I" signature cane.

Size 1 5/16" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  NO SALE

Lot 8
Misc.-Metallic

Wonderful metallic swirl showing great coverage of silver metallic swirls on a very deep transparent blue base that looks black until backlit.  Slightly out of round.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.0
Value $10-20 Open at 5  SOLD $12

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Wonderful and classic Popeye showing red and yellow in the traditional clear matrix with white.  Nice pattern and bright colors.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.7
Value $20-40 Open at 10  SOLD $10

Lot 10
Mineral-Agate

This is a wonderful little hand faceted agate.  Ruby red coloring with some darker red blends.  Marble shows light through it and actually looks to have a core.  Marble shows some glass missing, but is obviously part of making it.

Size 1/2" Mint -9.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15  NO SALE

Lot 11
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Very nice Lemon/Lime with aventurine from Peltier Glass.  Shows nice bands of transparent green with aventurine on an opaque yellow base.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $30-60 Open at 15  NO SALE

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Wonderful flaming lutz swirl from George.  Marble shows a great pattern of lutz flames on a black base with a kool eye at the top pole.  Wonderful marble signed "GMP2"

Size 13/16" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  NO SALE

Lot 13
MF Christensen-Slag

Awesome and very hard to find true yellow slag from MFC.  Marble shows their signature pattern with beautiful "9" and tail in a wonderful yellow base glass.

Size 25/32" Mint -9.0
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $70

Lot 14
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Gorgeous swirl from Fritz showing alternating blue and yellow in an awesome pattern and signed "Fritz2002"

Size 1 9/16" Mint +9.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $25

Lot 15
Akro Agate Company-Hybrid

Gorgeous eggyolk hybrid from AA showing a wonderful swirling pattern of blue and eggyolk yellow in a translucent white base.  Wonderful marble showing a few small sub surface reflections.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $21

Lot 16
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Wonderful and weird Ca swirl that must have been a mistake but shows no signed of being a dug marble.  Wonderful condition with red and yellow swirls on blue.

Size 19/32" Nearmint +8.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $25

Lot 17
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

Gorgeous piece from Jason.  This is one of his Hollow marbles from his Latticinio Unlimited series.  Wonderful patterns and these marbles are all so much nicer in hand than any picture.  Signed "RJH03"

Size 1 3/8" Mint +9.9
Value $60-120 Open at 30  SOLD $30

Lot 18
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Wonderful Silver oxblood with much more coverage than is shown.  Very nice pattern on this one in great condition.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 19
Marble King, Inc.-Experimental

A wonderful and very hard to find marble.  This was an experimental run in the early 70's of original MK patterns in a transparent base.  I know of no packages found with these which leads us to believe they were never marketed, but are very hard to find and wonderful marbles.  This one shows a transparent Spiderman.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.2
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 20
Akro Agate Company-Experimental Corkscrew

Gorgeous and hard to find marbles.  These are all experimental corks from AA showing a powder blue opaque corkscrew with a transparent deep purple snaked on the surface.  The glass in these marbles were not compatible and every marble found has shown a fracture between the blue and purple.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $91 GROUP

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

Very nice swirl from Phil showing nice coloring with a lutz swirl mixed in.  Shows a wonderful eye at the top pole and is signed "Mac"

Size 21/32" Mint +9.9
Value $20-40 Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 22
German Handmade-Solid Core (Shipwreck)

Gorgeous three layer solid core with faceted pontil recovered from the "Marble Wreck".  Marble shows a wonderful large white core with secondary bands of alternating pink and blue and subsurface strands of yellow.  Marble is hand polished with pontils in tact.

Size 11/16" Polished
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 23
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

A wonderful Bumble Bee from Peltier with an unusual pattern and showing aventurine in the black ribbons.  Shows some minor pocket wear.

Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.2
Value $25-50 Open at 12  NO SALE

Lot 24
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Stunning Carnelian Oxblood shooter showing the typical translucent red swirling on a white translucent base.  The oxblood is very rich and in an odd corkscrew pattern.  Wonderful marble in an awesome size.

Size 25/32" Nearmint +8.8
Value $100-200 Open at 50  SOLD $110

Lot 25
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Awesome large three layer from Jody showing a multitude of colors in a great pattern.  marble is unsigned.

Size 1 3/8" Mint +9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  NO SALE

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Lot 26
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Monster Ringer from AA.  Just an amazing size for this marble showing translucent red corkscrew on a translucent white base with some minimal clear.

Size 1" Nearmint 8.5
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $25

Lot 27
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Wonderful three layer ribbon core in an unusual size for Fritz.  Great detail in this small marble signed "Frits2002"

Size 1 1/16" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $20

Lot 28
Marble King, Inc.-Patch and Ribbon

Wonderful Tiger Patch and Ribbon from MK.  Marble shows alternating orange and black ribbons creating this wonderful pattern.  Marble shows a few annealing fractures in the orange that are hard to see.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.0
Value $20-40 Open at 10  NO SALE

Lot 29
German Handmade-Onionskin

Gorgeous red, white and blue stretched onionskin boasting a faceted pontil and wonderful pattern.  Marble shows a moon and a couple of small hits.

Size 23/32" Nearmint -8.3
Value $25-50 Open at 12  NO SALE

Lot 30
Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers

Wonderful and very odd reverse Tornado swirl from Doc.  Wonderful coloring in this upside down twister in perfect condition.  Signed "BP98"

Size 15/16" Mint +9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 31
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful yellow spiral corkscrew in bubble filled clear glass.  Marble shows a wonderful spiral pattern that is so deep in the marble it almost becomes an auger.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.8
Value $10-20 Open at 5  NO SALE

Lot 32
Misc.-Aventurine Swirl

Wonderful aventurine swirl that is loaded with aventurine.  Aventurine covers about 80% of the surface.  marble is more than likely made by Champion, but I am not sure.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.0
Value $10-20 Open at 5  SOLD $7

Lot 33
German Handmade-Non Glass (Shipwreck)

Wonderful group of four non-glass marbles pulled from the "Marble Wreck".  Two Bennie's including a shooter, a China and a stone marble.  IN the condition they were found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean last year.  Come with certificate of Authenticity.

Size 5/8" - 7/8"  As Found
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Wonderful Mica swirl in bright and fun colors.  Marble shows wonderful bands of orange, yellow and blue with plenty of mica in the blue.  Wonderful marble signed "Steve Davis"

Size 1 7/16" Mint +9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 35
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Gorgeous Peltier NLR Zebra that is just loaded with aventurine.  Awesome pattern and tons of sparkle in this beautiful marble.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.9
Value $25-40 Open at 12  NO SALE

Lot 36
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful corkscrew with a very nice and odd pattern.  Shows red corkscrew with some brown trailing on a gorgeous green base.  The cork is very fat at both poles, but cuts down to a paper thin line in the center.  Sweet marble.

Size 11/16" Mint -9.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15  NO SALE

Lot 37
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

Another gorgeous Hollow marble from Jason from his Latticinio Unlimited series.  This one also shows a small amount of dichroic glass and is another wonderful example of a marble that is just not the norm and still stunning.  Signed "RJH03"

Size 1 1/4" Mint +9.9
Value $60-120 Open at 30  SOLD $30

Lot 38
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Is it a striped opaque or a swirl?  Who knows.  Either way, it is an unusual pattern showing two seams that are very close to each other and a weird pattern of red on a green base.  Kool marble.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Wonderful Mr. Peanut sulphide from Ray.  Marble is an awesome size and shows Mr. Peanut with his cane.  Signed "Laubs02"

Size 2 1/16" Mint +9.8
Value $50-100 Open at 25  NO SALE

Lot 40
Champion Agate-Furnace

Wonderful pattern on this Champion Furnace scraping marble.  Shows the typical coloring with plenty of clear and also shows a few small as made annealing fractures that are typical with this marble.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.0
Value $20-40 Open at 10  NO SALE

Lot 41
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Sweet pattern on this two color corkscrew with some rich blends.  Marble shows a translucent red cork on top of a powder blue base with a kool tail at each end of the cork.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.9
Value $25-50 Open at 12  SOLD $12

Lot 42
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Nice peewee "Dugg" from George.  Fun little marbles signed "GP"

Size 1/2" Mint +9.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7  SOLD $7

Lot 43
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Gorgeous Wasp from Peltier Glass.  Marble shows wonderful black bands that are simply on fire with aventurine on a sweet red base.  marble shows one blow out with a small flake at the blow out.  Wonderful marble.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.9
Value $70-140 Open at 35  SOLD $44

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-Gerry Colman

This is one of Gerry's larger and always gorgeous "Eye Candy".  The amount of work required to get these in the over 1" size is amazing.  These marbles are truly gorgeous in hand.  Signed "C-2"

Size 1 1/4" Mint +9.9
Value $160-320 Open at 80  NO SALE

Lot 45
German Handmade-Lattice Core (Shipwreck)

Wonderful white lattice core recovered from the "Marble Wreck".  Nice outer bands of alternating colored strands and pontils were left in tact.  Comes with certificate of authenticity.

Size 21/32"  Polished
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 46
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Wonderful Popeye showing blue and yellow with wispy white and clear.  Great colors and classic pattern.  Shows some minor pocket wear.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $25-50 Open at 12  SOLD $12

Lot 47
Contemporary Handmade-Douglas Ferguson

Wonderful "Depleted Uranium" from Douglas.  This is a larger Inside/Out pattern with uranium glass utilized in the make up.  About one third of the pattern lights up under blacklight.  Awesome marble signed "DMF2002"

Size 1" Mint +9.9
Value $80-160 Open at 40  SOLD $40

Lot 48
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Wonderful pattern on this three color striped opaque from CAC.  marble shows an amazing pattern with red, gray and electric orange on a blue base with darker blue bleeds.  Very busy pattern and great appeal despite the overall small nicks and ticks.

Size 19/32" Nearmint -8.1
Value $100-200 Open at 50  NO SALE

Lot 49
Contemporary Handmade-James Alloway

This is the last and I think the prettiest of the two "Double Trouble" pieces we received from James.  This is the last one we will ever get.  Gorgeous pattern with awesome coloring.  Shows orange and purple with blue dichroic glass in this amazing pattern and in perfect pristine condition.  A must have for any true contemporary glass art collector signed "Alloway 2003"

Size 1 9/16" Mint ++10.
Value $150-300 Open at 75  SOLD $140

Lot 50
Peltier Glass Company-Original Package

Wonderful original box of Peltier Glass Opaque Marbles.  Please click thumbnail for view of marbles as well.  Box is in great condition with a small tear on the top panel and all corners in tact.  Box says "100 Opaque Marbles Solid Color GREEN The Peltier Glass Company Ottawa, Illinois Made in the U.S.A.  included are 56 green opaques with several showing aventurine in them and in great condition.

Size 9/16" Mint -9.0 to Mint +9.9
Value $200-400 Open at 100  SOLD $100

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